FHIR JSON Schema Validator

FHIR JSON Schema Validator

Clinical intelligence extractions require structured outputs conforming to FHIR schemas.

Write a function validate_fhir_record(record) that validates a dictionary against a simplified FHIR specification:

1. Must have "resourceType" matching either "Patient" or "Observation".
2. Must have "id" (string) containing only alphanumeric characters and hyphens.
3. If "Patient":
   • "gender" must be one of "male", "female", "other", "unknown".
   • "name" must be a list of dictionaries, where each has "given" (list of strings) and "family" (string).
4. If "Observation":
   • "status" must be a non-empty string.
   • "code" must contain a "coding" list of dictionaries, each having "system" (string) and "code" (string).
   • "valueQuantity" must contain "value" (int or float) and "unit" (string).

If validation fails, raise a ValueError with descriptive text. Return True if valid.

Example

record = {
    "resourceType": "Patient",
    "id": "pat-001",
    "gender": "female",
    "name": [{"given": ["Jane"], "family": "Smith"}]
}
validate_fhir_record(record)
# Returns: True